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we have calling cards if you need to get in touch with us. there are several press conferences that are going to be held on the technical aspect of it. some of them will be from our organizations but there are others that will be analyzing from a technical point of view. thank you for taking our word. >> now more reaction from the court's decision, new york senator charles schumer announced hearings on cam spaineding. he was joined by congressman chris van holland head of campaign efforts for democrats in the house and democratic caucus chairman john larsen and other house democrats. this is 50 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i am proud to be joined by my friend. we are each taking the lead in our respective bodies on this case. this morning, the supreme court announced its opinion in citizens united. while my staff and i are still reviewing the opinion, this much is clear. the roberts court have turned back the clock on our democrat by over a century. this disaster decision paved the way for a free around limited spending in our electio
we have calling cards if you need to get in touch with us. there are several press conferences that are going to be held on the technical aspect of it. some of them will be from our organizations but there are others that will be analyzing from a technical point of view. thank you for taking our word. >> now more reaction from the court's decision, new york senator charles schumer announced hearings on cam spaineding. he was joined by congressman chris van holland head of campaign efforts...
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later, the use of political cartoons. at noon, a call-in show from earlier with russian prime minister vladimir putin. tonight, we finished our week- long series with supreme court justices. starting at 8:00 eastern, a conversation with the newest member of the court, justice sonia sotomayor. and then former justice sandra day o'connor. and coming up this hour, a conversation on immigration. the immigration policy center and the policy for immigration studies will join us. better that, the obama administration plus handling of foreign policy and diplomacy. a professor from georgetown school of foreign service is our guest. live from the nation's capital, this is "washington journal."
later, the use of political cartoons. at noon, a call-in show from earlier with russian prime minister vladimir putin. tonight, we finished our week- long series with supreme court justices. starting at 8:00 eastern, a conversation with the newest member of the court, justice sonia sotomayor. and then former justice sandra day o'connor. and coming up this hour, a conversation on immigration. the immigration policy center and the policy for immigration studies will join us. better that, the...
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thank you for having us. and thank you for bringing out general jones to talk about where they are going. >> thank you. >> i wanted to address one issue that was raised by the questions on the afghanistan issue. they have not overcome the difficulty from the civil war in the 1990's. i think that this is often overplayed. i was thrilled that there was one more thing that came out of the last round of elections, that no serious candidate was playing at the cards. i do not agree with the state about the impossibility of an afghan national army. this has been one of the successful highlights with the ability to work effectively together when properly trained, and given a good mission. i think this leads to a larger question. one of the big things about where we are at in afghanistan is that we have been down for so long, it looks like we are up from here. there is a tremendous amount of potential. this is in the resources and the people, and after eight years, the fact that they are still so supportive of interna
thank you for having us. and thank you for bringing out general jones to talk about where they are going. >> thank you. >> i wanted to address one issue that was raised by the questions on the afghanistan issue. they have not overcome the difficulty from the civil war in the 1990's. i think that this is often overplayed. i was thrilled that there was one more thing that came out of the last round of elections, that no serious candidate was playing at the cards. i do not agree with...
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we didn't just use the term leadership. we use the term officer ship. if you look on page six and seven of our report we say specifically what we think happened here. we believe that some of the signs were clearly messed or they were ignored. i can't tell you which, and i can't go further than that because of the nature of the restrictions that -- the information that is in the restricted annex. but there is no doubt in my mind or secretary west's mind that there are issues here and if there were not so we would not have said that to the secretary defense. with regard to the intelligence matters -- we did not do the intelligence review. the president had already outlined and authorized a review and we were giving specific guidance do not interfere. with that said, mr. chairman, since the review team began this action there's been a number of things in the public domain that tell us there is agreement that the dissemination of information process needs to be improved and there was a release on friday by the fbi that talked about the improvements that are
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many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto accident. farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates board, the other insurance company members, believe that passing effective laws will do our policyholders a favor we cannot do them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident then have us pay for. they would much rather have that date bacy back. without assertive legislative actions, the type of action you see in the 2009 s stand up act, we will all be disposed even more unnecessary risks. i ask you to take a moment and take a little journey with me. if you close your eyes and think about nighttime on a two-lane road driving the speed limit, 45 miles per hour, and driving in thone direction. another car comes in the other direction. as one author calls this, public trust at that moment. public trust of an idea that person will act responsibly. think about being behind your will and what is happening behind the other wheel. is it som
many of us buy insurance to protect us from those risks. insurance companies can never fully protect from the emotional traumaof an auto accident. farmers insurance and the other members of the advocates board, the other insurance company members, believe that passing effective laws will do our policyholders a favor we cannot do them. i think they would much rather avoid the accident then have us pay for. they would much rather have that date bacy back. without assertive legislative actions,...
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[applause] charlene and city are with us today. will you join me in recognizing them here in the chamber. [applause] what have we learned from these results into iowans? we learned that the spirit of iowans is not broken regardless of the and adversity we face. as we enter a new decade, a part in the session, and crept into budget, we have some fundamental choices in spite of some real challenges which remain. will we move this date forward by reforming and reorganizing state government? will we continue to be a leader in renewable energy and green job creation and stay on the path to economic recovery? will we continue to make investments in our kids by expanding access to health care and adequate funding for early childhood education and education at all levels? will we fight for the men and women who wear the uniform of the united states military? finally, will we finish our work and overcome the devastations of from the floods and tornadoes and rebuild a stronger, greener, more sustainable state tax [applause] -- sustainable st
[applause] charlene and city are with us today. will you join me in recognizing them here in the chamber. [applause] what have we learned from these results into iowans? we learned that the spirit of iowans is not broken regardless of the and adversity we face. as we enter a new decade, a part in the session, and crept into budget, we have some fundamental choices in spite of some real challenges which remain. will we move this date forward by reforming and reorganizing state government? will...
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us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and work with all of you on the issues that are so important to all americans. it is an inspiration and honor every day to work for secretary salazar and serve the president. thank you mr. secretary for the opportunity to be here with you. [applause] >> thank you, laura. we have had a great 2009 and we are fired up and ready to go for 2010. i am fired up. are you? [applause] come on. [applause] our work truly has just begun. i want to say at the outset that it would not have battled been possible to do t
us. i remember on that very first day, he told us that he would work for more proactive and balanced stewardship to protect our national parks and open spaces, restore our nation's rivers, resolve our water supply challenges, and address the challenges faced by our native american communities. is he a true to his word or what? [applause] he also told us that our department would be leading the way in changing america's. we're doing just that. it is an inspiration to walk in here every day and...
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it blows up everything to how often they were in use. . you use anything in the speech. click on 'am", and it continues this sentence. wordle.net. >> tomorrow during "washington journal," a chance for you to weigh and for the president's speech and reaction from capitol hill. jeb and selling from taxes -- hebserling from texas. we will take another couple of reporters. a republican from california and a democrat from california, all tomorrow on "washington journal." up next, we want to rebroadcast the president's speech. it runs for one hour and 10 minutes from the house of representatives chamber. and then again the response from gov. bob mcdonnell. the sergeant at arms: madam speaker, the president of the united states. the president: thank you, thank you, thank you. the speaker: members of congress i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. the president: thank you, thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank
it blows up everything to how often they were in use. . you use anything in the speech. click on 'am", and it continues this sentence. wordle.net. >> tomorrow during "washington journal," a chance for you to weigh and for the president's speech and reaction from capitol hill. jeb and selling from taxes -- hebserling from texas. we will take another couple of reporters. a republican from california and a democrat from california, all tomorrow on "washington...
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they owed us a lot of money. they literally gave us the cash, in our possession, with respect to the mark to market losses. with respect to the difference, we held the cash. during the period, 32008, we were marking to market, as were our regimen, and we were one of the most aggressive in that, because that was our regiments, and they became very slow in giving margins, such that there was a gap. as a result of our protocol, which does not allow us to take a certain amount of risk, we went out and bought our own protection against their credit, such that the combination of literally the cash that we had and the credit derivatives we had from other big financial institutions -- we also had a margin. we had the cash from them, effective recovering what would have been the loss. >> what was the total -- effectively covering what would have been the loss. >> what was the total? >> about $10 billion of exposure, against which i think we had $7.50 billion in cash, literally cash, and $2.50 billion of credit protection.
they owed us a lot of money. they literally gave us the cash, in our possession, with respect to the mark to market losses. with respect to the difference, we held the cash. during the period, 32008, we were marking to market, as were our regimen, and we were one of the most aggressive in that, because that was our regiments, and they became very slow in giving margins, such that there was a gap. as a result of our protocol, which does not allow us to take a certain amount of risk, we went out...
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it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for us waiting for this decision, but it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years, and to be told by the bureaucrats at the federal elections commission you cannot do that. you have no first amendment rights, and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks at the federal elections commission that they work for the people and the people do not work for them, so i am really honored with this outcome. it is a tremendous victory for the first amendment and for our organization, and thank you very much. i am happy to take any questions. >> [inaudible] the corporate offices have the same rights as people? >> i do not know exactly what the opinion says just yet, but it is a great day for every person in america -- whether you own stock in a company, whether you run a mom-and-pop grocery store, and by the way, when we put in those several thousand dollars in corporate contributions that this case ended of ending on, they were just like that. t
it is a great victory for us. i know it has been agonizing for us waiting for this decision, but it is an amazing thing to have lived through it for years, and to be told by the bureaucrats at the federal elections commission you cannot do that. you have no first amendment rights, and i think today is a wonderful day to tell the folks at the federal elections commission that they work for the people and the people do not work for them, so i am really honored with this outcome. it is a...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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it seems to most of us it is not capitalism to -- when government uses billions and billion was taxpayer money to prop up a few well-connected firms. that leads me to two questions. one, has the treasury informed any of these financial giants that we'll not follow too big to fail policies in the future and secondly, do you think we should limit the salaries and excessive salaries and bonuses that are being talked about even today in any of these firms that got taxpayer bailout funds? >> that was a thoughtful question and you asked the right question. in a financial crisis, you faced this choice. you can let it try to burn itself out and let the damage spread to all sorts of innocent victims or you can act to prevent it. knowing that acting to prevent it created the risk that in the future they expect the government to step in and save firms from the consequences of failure that. is at the heart of strategy and financial crisis. to stand back and let it burn is irresponsible. it happened in the great depression and almost to the country. the moral just pragmatic, fair choice and this shou
it seems to most of us it is not capitalism to -- when government uses billions and billion was taxpayer money to prop up a few well-connected firms. that leads me to two questions. one, has the treasury informed any of these financial giants that we'll not follow too big to fail policies in the future and secondly, do you think we should limit the salaries and excessive salaries and bonuses that are being talked about even today in any of these firms that got taxpayer bailout funds? >>...
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they are using it as a sanctuary. . . is that your question? >> there is increasing evidence if you want to break it down of the and working together, so i did not know if one girl -- one goal is to focus on -- you are saying we have to get rid of -- >> it is very clear one goal is to help pakistan understand the taliban threat is real and to take action against the afghan taliban in pakistan korean -- pakistan kerrigan -- in pakistan. i do not believe they have moved to the point. frankly, i believe it is the source of conjecture among many people us to when they will begin taking action against the afghan taliban. >> i agree with everything mike said and would add one point. i think to the extent of both pakistan and afghanistan believe we're going to be your and not begin to exit in 2011, the attractiveness of ignoring the afghan taliban in pakistan goes down. >> i wonder if you could tell us to the general was. >> i will tell you that we ask the question of the detainee issue, and i think it is not in any way to say the situation is confusi
they are using it as a sanctuary. . . is that your question? >> there is increasing evidence if you want to break it down of the and working together, so i did not know if one girl -- one goal is to focus on -- you are saying we have to get rid of -- >> it is very clear one goal is to help pakistan understand the taliban threat is real and to take action against the afghan taliban in pakistan korean -- pakistan kerrigan -- in pakistan. i do not believe they have moved to the point....
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he is also with us today. he is a member of the club, of course, and he will be the newsmakers' chair for 2010. he is a reporter. i also want to thank some others, a press club member who has helped us put together things. today, we are going to address the health-care bill, so that is centered in the negotiations right now between the house and the senate. we are pleased to welcome to the national press club henry mcmaster, one of 13 state attorneys general to send a letter to harry reid and nancy pelosi, protesting a provision of the health-care bill that obligates the federal government to pick up the entire cost of medicaid expansion in nebraska. critics call it the cornhuskers to kick back, designed to secure the votes of senator ben nelson for the health-care bill. mr. mcmaster will explain why he and the other state attorneys general believe it is not lawful. today, he weighs into another controversial and potentially dangerous area, health-care reform, so, welcome, henry mcmaster. >> those prosecutions
he is also with us today. he is a member of the club, of course, and he will be the newsmakers' chair for 2010. he is a reporter. i also want to thank some others, a press club member who has helped us put together things. today, we are going to address the health-care bill, so that is centered in the negotiations right now between the house and the senate. we are pleased to welcome to the national press club henry mcmaster, one of 13 state attorneys general to send a letter to harry reid and...
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bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that kids raised in connection with a whole body scanners. we do look at privacy issues from the get go. ultimately, the question is, what do we need to do to protect the security of the flying public even at the take to deal with privacy. security is the number one concern. one thing that this committee and the congress can't do in addition to that is setting public expectation. we are doing and will continue to do everything we can do to prevent this kind of yvette from ever happening again. from whatever source anywhere around the world, there is no one silver bullet. yes we can push
bridgett more difficult for us to check it. -- more difficult for us to check it. [unintelligible] we have a good idea of how to stop guys trying to blow up a plan over detroit. the technology is there. we need to make sure that the people who need to use the technology can use it properly. and we do to help? >> thanks for your comments. i think there will be budget implications. my view is, and i want to go back to a point that the senator asked me, the privacy vs. security issues that...
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so that's the second use. third use is outside washington, d.c. you can use paid media to, again, raise the visibility of the issue. one of the things that we did once is when i was with working on another clean air campaign, we ran ads on the need for more fuel-efficient cars in a place, and the representative who we were aiming at, his wife heard them on the radio back home. and she made it clear to her husband that he needed to be good on this issue. and so we were able to raise the visibility of the issue by running them at home. in addition, you can use them to persuade, to seek the support of an elected official before a decision is made. now, that example we said, you know, be sure to call congressman x and get him to vote for cleaner car cans. cars. and, in fact, we ran the ad so much that his wife went to one of our champions on the committee, another congressman, and said, please, take off the ads. we'll vote with you, okay? and so the ad was very successful in persuading the congressman to support our position. so you can use them to pe
so that's the second use. third use is outside washington, d.c. you can use paid media to, again, raise the visibility of the issue. one of the things that we did once is when i was with working on another clean air campaign, we ran ads on the need for more fuel-efficient cars in a place, and the representative who we were aiming at, his wife heard them on the radio back home. and she made it clear to her husband that he needed to be good on this issue. and so we were able to raise the...
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they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threat cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to vote and interrupt the attacks and destroys the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war but real nonetheless. and this hearing can help us get insight into the failure that occurred and what we need to do in the future but until the administration and congress fully acknowledge the reality of the enemy i don't think we will be fully effective. the work of the 9/11 commission unified our nation behind the idea that preventing act of war by traditional law enforcement techniques would not be effective. they declared we should treat this danger with a new understanding of how war. the truth is that the administration intends to view this conflict wrongly as a law enforcement act matter now. retreating from that national decision i thought we have reached. now we have a policy that prev
they have attacked us and are still attacking us. this administration cannot wish that reality away and i don't think they intend to. the threat cannot be negotiated away. but we must do is acknowledge this reality and work to vote and interrupt the attacks and destroys the organizations that are at war with us. it is a different kind of war but real nonetheless. and this hearing can help us get insight into the failure that occurred and what we need to do in the future but until the...
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let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health care bill being proposed in washington is broken by the bad deal -- by the back room deals. we need to start over. we have health care here in massachusetts. 98% of our people are already insured. we have done it. we do not need what is being pushed in washington on massachusetts, spending $500 million on medicare? we know we need to reform and that is something we're going to be doing very shortly. to think that we need of one size fits all plan from congress, coming down here and hurting what we have? that is one
let us begin. president obama and members in congress are now in final -- the final stage of having out a national health-care bill. there is a real possibility that the winner of this election will be in a position to ensure passage of the bill for its defeat. do you want voters in massachusetts to see next tuesday's vote on a referendum on this national health care bill? mr. brown? >> thank you and a pleasure to be here. i think the institute. i thank you for your question. the health...
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it's time for us to ensure both. [applause] so i will send you a package of bills this session to hold offenders accountable, to increase the sentencing tools to prosecutors and give more weight to mental health and criminal history when making commitment decisions. recently, we have all been shocked by the tragic loss of our law enforcement officers. leaders of our criminal justice community have come together and with them i propose improvement to communications throughout the justice system. how bail is administered in our state and how the interstate system can better provide public safety to washingtonians. surviving spouse must be entitled to retirement benefits regardless of a fallen officer's length of service and for the children it is our duty to make available to them a college education. these proposals have been carefully crafted with the help and expertise of the law enforcement community. they are measured and they are thoughtful and they ensure from tragedies we learn and take action and do the right
it's time for us to ensure both. [applause] so i will send you a package of bills this session to hold offenders accountable, to increase the sentencing tools to prosecutors and give more weight to mental health and criminal history when making commitment decisions. recently, we have all been shocked by the tragic loss of our law enforcement officers. leaders of our criminal justice community have come together and with them i propose improvement to communications throughout the justice system....
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none of us is irreplaceable. none of us are indispensable. this is think otherwise a dangerous. the work to make our nation a more perfect union began long before i was elected to the senate. it will go on long after i am gone. our country is a work in progress. i am confident it always will be. that is what i thought about as i stood on that hillside in arlington on christmas eve morning. that is what i talked about with jackie over this holiday season. that is how i came to the conclusion that the long see the american history there are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else to step up. this is my moment to step aside. there will be time to reflect a more details on the years i have spent some public service. there will be time to celebrate victories and more and setbacks, a share last and memories and to gain profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous others, many of them are here today to lead made by senate work possible. that time is not now. i still have one year left of the contract. one year from this week, our state will have a
none of us is irreplaceable. none of us are indispensable. this is think otherwise a dangerous. the work to make our nation a more perfect union began long before i was elected to the senate. it will go on long after i am gone. our country is a work in progress. i am confident it always will be. that is what i thought about as i stood on that hillside in arlington on christmas eve morning. that is what i talked about with jackie over this holiday season. that is how i came to the conclusion...